Literary by-paths in old England . Arch House, Ecclefechan IN OLD ENGLAND fully and like a true man. I shall look on thehouses he built with a certain proud Room in which Carlvle was Born They stand firm and sound to the heart all overhis little district. No one that comes after himwill say Here was the finger of a hollow eye servant. 275 LITERARY BY-PATHS The tiny room in which Carlyle was born — itis at the top of the house in the right-hand cor-ner of the picture — is devoted now to the hous-ing of some interesting mementos of the infantwho drew his first breath there on December
Literary by-paths in old England . Arch House, Ecclefechan IN OLD ENGLAND fully and like a true man. I shall look on thehouses he built with a certain proud Room in which Carlvle was Born They stand firm and sound to the heart all overhis little district. No one that comes after himwill say Here was the finger of a hollow eye servant. 275 LITERARY BY-PATHS The tiny room in which Carlyle was born — itis at the top of the house in the right-hand cor-ner of the picture — is devoted now to the hous-ing of some interesting mementos of the infantwho drew his first breath there on December 4th,1795. In one corner an unpretentious bookcaseholds a copy of the familar brown-covered Peo-ples Edition of his writings; a recess near byis filled with bits of old china from the house inCheyne Row ; on the mantelpiece are two turnedwooden candlesticks, a gift of John Sterling, sentfrom Rome; a table in the corner provides aresting-place for the philosophers reading-lampand tea-caddy ; and above a framed letter on thesouth wall two of his hats are hung. Moreattention is paid to these hats than to any of theother relics. What higher happiness can theher
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